Category: Drugs
CNBC goes behind the scenes to explore the inner workings of this secretive industry, focusing on Northern California's Emerald Triangle, now the marijuana capital of the U.S.
In this scenic pocket of America, the pot business, much of it legal under state law, now makes up as much as two-thirds of the local economy. Northern California's Mendocino County - A picture postcard of the far west and the site of a controversial, profitable and increasingly violent criminal enterprise"¦ the marijuana trade. Officials estimate it accounts for up to two-thirds of the local economy and generates up to billion a year.
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Marijuana: A Second Class Addiction (MASCA) sets out to investigate the popular misconception that marijuana is a non-addictive, non habit forming substance. Despite the fact that it is illegal, the ever-growing [...]
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A team of leading scientists have spent two years analysing the effects of 20 of Britain's most widely used drugs, and [...]
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On the streets it is referred to as Crystal, Ice, and Crank. Methamphetamines are viciously addictive and provide the hyperactivity effects of Cocaine along with the delusional effects of LSD. As opposed to [...]
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Sex, Drugs, and Democracy is Jonathan Blank's award-winning, indie cult film, which grossed over million in its art-house run. The Dutch idea of a free society includes a legalized [...]
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Evidence from Switzerland suggests that prescribing heroin can reduce crime and increase levels of employment among addicts. While still illegal in the UK, cannabis was downgraded to a category C drug in January [...]
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American Meth is a cross-country journey that focuses on several facets of the methamphetamine epidemic. From the oil fields of Wyoming and New Mexico to the homeless in Portland and the teens of Montana, [...]
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VICE befriends a gang of young addicts caught up in South Wales' largely ignored heroin epidemic. The intimate look into their lives shows how economic depression, family breakdown, and addiction create [...]
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A funny British documentary interviewing various cannabis users (hilarious to see grandmas talking about being arrested for growing etc!) More people smoke cannabis in Britain than ever before, [...]
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